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Federal Theatre

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Federal Theatre (1935-39), branch of the Work Projects Administration designed to provide employment for actors, directors, writers, and scene designers. As well as providing a nationwide audience with inexpensive, high-quality productions, it gave impetus to experimental theaters, such as the Group Theatre, the Mercury Theatre of Orson Welles, the topical "Living Newspaper" (dramatizations of news stories), and the music-dramas of Marc Blitzstein. Bibliography: See study by J. D. Mathews (1967, repr. 1971). Author not available, FEDERAL THEATRE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia,... Read more
The Federal Theatre Project
THE FEDERAL THEATRE PROJECT A National Theater In 1935...director Hallie Flanagan to head the Federal Theatre Project (FTP), whose purpose would...twenty-five million. Controversy Although Federal Theatre Project productions tended to be both... Read more
New Federal Theatre
New Federal Theatre (New York). Named after the African‐American branch of the Federal Theatre Project in the 1930s, this ambitious...greater recognition. Among the New Federal Theatre's notable productions were Ntozake... Read more

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